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Holmes

in South Carolina

There are 3,708 people with the last name "Holmes" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

NameRank
Holmes 95
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  1. is 91st most common Boyd
  2. is 92nd most common Hunter
  3. is 93rd most common Hayes
  4. is 94th most common Murphy
  5. is 95th most common Holmes
  6. is 96th most common Ford
  7. is 97th most common Gray
  8. is 98th most common Sullivan
  9. is 99th most common Duncan

Similar Names and Nicknames

Holman, Holm, Helms, Holmberg, Holmquist, Holmgren, Helmick, Holmstrom, Holmen, Holmer

Most Common First Names for Holmes

James, William, Mary, John, Willie, Michael, Joseph, Robert, Barbara, David

Meaning & History

English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme.

Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).

FOREBEARS John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel's son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).

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